Guy plows through traffic on Grosebeck

[wolverine]

I had the brakes go out when driving one of those carsharing vehicles. Yes, here's a carsharing nightmare!

I had just picked up a friend from the airport and was heading back on the freeway going the speed limit [[55 mph). Ahead of me the freeway slopes downward and I see brakelights of completely stopped cars in the distance.

Gently press the brakes, the pedal goes to the floor.
I try to restore pressure by pumping them...fails.
I drop to a lower gear.
I applied the parking brake.

We were slowing down, but not fast enough because of the downward slope. I said to my friend "Ready for this, hold on." I veered the car into the concrete divider sideswiping it as much as possible. I finally stopped when I rammed into a pile of construction materials [[though we weren't in a construction zone).

I called the police and rental company. They came and picked it up.

Because I did not hit any other cars, just damage to stuff on the freeway, I was not issued any tickets, or responsible for damages. The rental company received no fines either, at least that I'm aware of.

Point is when brakes fail, don't hit other people, crash into things like sign posts, fencing whatever if you can't stop.